(Australia) Any of various rat-sized rodents and marsupials, especially local species of .
(Australia) Any of various rat-sized rodents and marsupials, especially local species of .
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(Australia) A water mouse, especially, the rakali, .
(Australia) An amphibious rodent, , found throughout Australia, having dark fur and a white-tipped tail; the water rat.
(Australia) A feral pig living in the bush.
(AU) Any of several small carnivorous marsupials of the family , especially in the genera and .
The rodent, , of coastal eastern and southern Australia.
: The noise ceased the moment I crawled into the attic, but something was rotten in the roof, and a putrid smell and pyramids of chewed cardboard suggested that possums or bush rats had nested in boxes stacked with the previous owner's r…